Mental Illness

Singer and songwriter Judy Collins at WBUR. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Judy Collins On Suicide, Mental Illness And The Story Her Voice Is Telling

Singer Judy Collins wins an award from McLean Hospital for speaking out about mental health and addiction, including her own alcoholism and depression and her son's 1992 suicide.

Study: Despite Weight Gain, Quitting Smoking Improves Heart Health For Mentally Ill After A Year

That's the good news part of the research. The bad news is that if they continue to gain weight, they may lose ground and still end up with heart disease...

Commentary: Getting Off Psych Meds Was The 'Hardest Thing' She'd Ever Done

"Every patient is unique, and there is still so much we don’t know," writes Dr. Annie Brewster, after relaying a woman's story navigating the mental health system.

Landmark Gene Discovery Cracks Open 'Black Box' Of Schizophrenia

Researchers based at the Broad Institute in Cambridge have pinpointed the gene that is the biggest risk factor for schizophrenia discovered so far, and figured out how it does its...

Ted Stanley, Who Donated Hundreds Of Millions For Mental Illness Research, Dies

Stanley's 2014 donation of $650 million to the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard was billed as "the largest ever donation toward psychiatric research."

How Trauma Brings Fear, Yes, But Also More Nuanced Reactions

Adaptations such as resilience, the ability to “bounce back” after stressful life events, and post-traumatic growth, the range of positive psychological changes that occur following trauma, have both been shown...

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Judy Collins On Suicide, Mental Illness And The Story Her Voice Is Telling

Study: Despite Weight Gain, Quitting Smoking Improves Heart Health For Mentally Ill After A Year

Commentary: Getting Off Psych Meds Was The 'Hardest Thing' She'd Ever Done

Landmark Gene Discovery Cracks Open 'Black Box' Of Schizophrenia

Ted Stanley, Who Donated Hundreds Of Millions For Mental Illness Research, Dies

How Trauma Brings Fear, Yes, But Also More Nuanced Reactions

Is It Possible To Prevent Suicide? 2 Psychiatrists Map Out The Ways

Stressed-Out Undergrads And The College Mental Health Crisis

Dr. Mark Vonnegut: On Creativity, Being 'Crazy' And Getting Help

The Upside Of Admission To The Psych Unit: A Doctor's Inside View

Predicting The Next Mental Health Crisis: Sometimes We Just Can't Know

Medicated (And Unmedicated) Women Are Talking

Anorexia: Potentially Deadly, Treatable And Still Not Always Covered By Insurance

'Tis The Season Of Stress: 10 Tips To Help You Cope

Persistent Stigma, Skepticism About Mental Illness Causes Real Harm

Inspired By Family Illness, Philanthropist Gives $650 Million For Psychiatric Research

5 Ways The Brain Stymies Scientists And 5 New Tools To Crack It

Empathy Lessons: Training Police To Understand People With Mental Illness

The OCD In Us All: Study Finds Almost Everyone Has Intrusive Thoughts

Study: Primary Care May Be Path To More Effective Suicide Prevention